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HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:25473-DB WP No. 16080 of 2026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 1ST DAY OF JUNE, 2026 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.G.PANDIT AND THE HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE K.MANMADHA RAO WRIT PETITION NO. 16080 OF 2026 (S-KSAT) BETWEEN:
SMT. ROOPA H R W/O SHIVAKUMAR M., AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS, WORKING AS ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, NATIONAL HIGHWAY SUB DIVISION, NAZARBAD, MYSORE - 570010
RESIDING AT NO.1287 4TH MAIN, 9TH CROSS, VIVEKANANDA NAGAR, MYSORE - 5700023. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. SATISH K., ADV.)
AND:
1.
THE STATE OF KARNATAKA REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, VIKASA SOUDHA BANGALORE - 560001.
2.
THE STATE OF KARNATAKA REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT, VIKASA SOUDHA BANGALORE - 560001.
3.
SMT. SUMITHA V MAJOR
Digitally signed by NANJUNDACHARI Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA
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WORKING AS ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER PUBLIC WORKS SUB DIVISION, K R NAGAR, MYSORE DISTRICT MYSORE – 570010. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. K.R. RAJENDRA, AGA FOR R1 & R2)
THIS PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO A) CALL FOR RECORDS FROM THE KARNATAKA STATE ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL, BANGALORE IN RESPECT OF THE IMPUGNED ORDER DATED 20/05/2026 PASSED IN APPLICATION NO. 2641/2026 (ANNEXURE-A) AND ETC.
THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.G.PANDIT AND HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE K.MANMADHA RAO
ORAL ORDER (PER: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.G.PANDIT)
The petitioner is before this Court questioning non- grant of interim
order by the Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal at Bengaluru (for short, ‘the Tribunal’) in Application No.2641/2026 whereunder the petitioner had questioned the notification dated 14.05.2026 transferring the petitioner and posting her to Urban Development Department while posting respondent No.3 to her place.
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2. Heard
learned counsel Sri.Satish.K., for petitioner and learned Additional Government Advocate Sri.K.R.Rajendra for respondent Nos.1 and 2. Perused the entire material on record.
3. The Tribunal while refusing to grant interim prayer of the petitioner has noted that the private respondent has assumed the charge before relieving the applicant from the present post by virtue of impugned notification dated 14.05.2026. From the papers made available with the writ petition, it is seen that respondent No.3 who entered Caveat has produced three documents i.e., notification dated 14.05.2026 posting respondent No.3 in the petitioner’s place as well as movement order dated 14.05.2026 whereunder respondent No.3 was relieved from her post and permitted to report to duty at the transferred place. When respondent No.3 assumed change on receiving movement order dated 14.05.2026,
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we would not find any error in the observation and the
order passed by the Tribunal.
4.
Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that by the time application is taken up for hearing, petitioner would have completed her tenure, as such, he seeks for a direction to the Tribunal to dispose of the application early.
5. In the above background, it is for the petitioner to request the Tribunal to take up the matter for hearing early. If such request is made, we are sure the Tribunal would take up the matter for early disposal.
6.
Learned counsel for the petitioner also contended that the petitioner is transferred without giving any posting and in that regard, petitioner brought to the notice of the Tribunal, the decision of the Division Bench of this Court in W.P.No.35777/2025 dated 30.01.2026 and the same is not taken note of while declining interim
order.
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7. Wherever the Government effects transfer without providing posting, the Tribunal shall take note of the Order dated 30.01.2026 in W.P.No.35777/2025 while considering the interim prayer or while considering the main application.
8. With the above observations, writ petition stands disposed of.
Sd/- (S.G.PANDIT) JUDGE
Sd/- (DR.K.MANMADHA RAO) JUDGE
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